Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by Retric on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:34PM (#16795085)

It can take a lot to filter water safely. The classic carbon filter under the sink does very little to improve safety, even reverse osmosis can fall short. So, while you can make things safer it's far more difficult than many assume.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by andai on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:47PM (#16795203)

Sounds like the best option is to buy bottled water, and then filter out the microplastics.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by AstralStorm on Monday April 09, 2018 @02:00PM (#16795329)

Most problems with plastics are chemical not physical contamination. (It is a solution of plasticizers and substrates in water.)

I am pretty sure ingesting plastic sand would be nowhere newer bad without these. (Intestine shouldn't take that in.)

These are extra hard to filter out. Even big fermentation tanks and reverse osmosis filters have problems with this.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by haZard_OS on Monday April 09, 2018 @07:14PM (#16797818)

There is also the danger of microplastic particles acting as endocrine disruptors. This is a rapidly developing field within (eco)toxicology and is of growing concern among environmental scientists.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.6b01441

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026974911...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971...

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by beenBoutIT on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:51PM (#16796873)

Reverse osmosis should do the trick.

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